Subject: Re: xterm for win32
From: [email-masked] (JP Shipherd)

3 Mar 1997 19:56:41 -0800
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At 06:22 PM 3/3/97 -0500, Scott Kay wrote:
>>>>>> "JP" == JP Shipherd <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>    JP> Has anyone found anything like an xterm that they can use as a
>    JP> substitue for the cmd window on NT?
>
>    JP> I really miss the scroll bar and simple cut and paste.
>
>   If you just want these two items you can add them easily to your
>native NT command window. Just access the "Properties" menu entry on
>the command prompt and set the "Screen Buffer Size" field in the
>"layout" tab control. Setting the "Height" to something like 2000
>gives a nice scroll buffer, like an xterm. 

This is definitly handy but after 2000 lines the scroll bar just
evaporates.  Instead of getting rid of the oldest 1 every time it needs to
add a new one (like an xterm does).  This can be quite disconcerting.

Is this configurable?

Thanks,
--jp

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